A vehicular communication system includes a wireless communication sensor at a vehicle equipped with the vehicular communication system for receiving wireless communication data from remote wireless communication devices. A global positioning system is operable to determine a geographical location of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes electronic circuitry and associated software that includes a processor for processing wireless communication data received by the wireless communication sensor and position information determined by the global positioning system. The ECU, responsive at least in part to determination that position information determined by the global positioning system is compromised, determines, via processing the received wireless communication data, distances to a plurality of the remote wireless communication devices. The ECU, responsive to determining the distances to the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices, determines a position of the vehicle relative to the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices.
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2. The vehicular communication system of claim 1, wherein the ECU determines the distance to a respective remote wireless communication device of the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices based at least in part on a signal strength of the wireless communication data received by the wireless communication sensor from the respective remote wireless communication device.
3. The vehicular communication system of claim 1, wherein the ECU receives position data pertaining to at least one of the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices, and wherein the ECU, responsive to receiving the position data of the at least one of the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices and responsive to determining the distance to the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices, determines an absolute position of the vehicle.
4. The vehicular communication system of claim 1, wherein the autonomous parking system of the vehicle, based on the determined position of the vehicle, determines a path for the vehicle to follow to maneuver the vehicle into a parking space.
6. The vehicular communication system of claim 5, wherein the ECU receives position data pertaining to the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices, and wherein the ECU, responsive to receiving the position data of the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices and responsive to determining the distance to the respective remote wireless communication device, determines an absolute position of the vehicle.
7. The vehicular communication system of claim 5, wherein the autonomous parking system of the vehicle, based on the determined position of the vehicle, determines a path for the vehicle to follow to maneuver the vehicle into a parking space.
9. The vehicular communication system of claim 8, wherein the wireless communication sensor comprises a BLUETOOTH sensor.
10. The vehicular communication system of claim 8, wherein the wireless communication sensor comprises a WI-FI sensor.
11. The vehicular communication system of claim 8, wherein the vehicle is located at an underground parking facility, and wherein the position information determined by the global positioning system is not accurate because of the underground parking facility.
12. The vehicular communication system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices are disposed at structure of the parking facility.
13. The vehicular communication system of claim 8, wherein the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices are disposed at other vehicles.
14. The vehicular communication system of claim 8, wherein the ECU communicates the determined position of the vehicle and the determined occupancy of the one or more parking locations to an autonomous driving system of the vehicle.
15. The vehicular communication system of claim 14, wherein the autonomous driving system of the vehicle, based on the determined position of the vehicle, determines a path for the vehicle to follow to maneuver the vehicle relative to the remote wireless communication devices.
16. The vehicular communication system of claim 8, wherein the ECU determines that position information determined by the global positioning system is not accurate when the position information determined by the global positioning system has degraded below a threshold level.
17. The vehicular communication system of claim 8, wherein the ECU determines the distance to the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices responsive to a user input.
18. The vehicular communication system of claim 8, wherein the ECU determines the distance to a respective remote wireless communication device of the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices based at least in part on a signal strength of the wireless communication data received by the wireless communication sensor from the respective remote wireless communication device.
19. The vehicular communication system of claim 18, wherein the ECU receives position data pertaining to the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices, and wherein the ECU, responsive to receiving the position data of the plurality of the remote wireless communication devices and responsive to determining the distance to the respective remote wireless communication device, determines an absolute position of the vehicle.
20. The vehicular communication system of claim 8, wherein the autonomous parking system of the vehicle, based on the determined position of the vehicle, determines a path for the vehicle to follow to maneuver the vehicle into a parking space.
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